I just wanted to check with any teachers who have organised a Japan trip recently. Previously when we have taken students to Japan, teachers have not had to pay for their own airfares. Our Principal tells us that the current Executive Director for all of Sydney now insists that teachers pay their own fares. This will make it very difficult to get teacher escorts. Has anyone else encountered this difficulty and how did you deal with it?thanksMikala Hewett mikala.hewett@det.nsw.edu.au

Port Macquarie High + Westport High combined to travel to Japan some years ago. Teachers paid their own costs and then claimed them on tax. In terms of what you gain as a teacher and the in country experience it is worth paying your own way.

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Ayako

14/6/2015 10:00:35 am

Hello. I wasn't told that teachers had to pay their own fares, but that we had to give a clear breakdown of costs to the students/parents so they knew how much of the amount they were paying went towards the teachers.
It is a great experience to take students to Japan, but I can understand why it would be difficult to find other teacher escorts.

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Bev Steele

15/6/2015 09:41:54 am

I took regular trips from Kirrawee High School to our sister school in Tokyo, Komae High. We always took 24 students accompanied by 2 staff.
It is ludicrous that teachers would be required to pay for their own travel. They are on duty, working hard. It is not a holiday for staff.